Piracy & armed robbery reports in 2026

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea.

issued in 2026
3
still in force
0
vs 2025
0%
first · last
01-16 · 08-20

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this year is under-counted.

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC3

Where · top seas

Indian Ocean133%
Arabian Sea133%
Singapore Strait133%

All piracy & armed robbery reports issued in 2026 · 3

  1. HYDROPAC 2394/262026-08-20 → 2026-08-20
    A vessel is hijacked by six pirates in the Arabian Sea off Yemen at 14-32N 051-28E; vessels keep clear and exercise caution.
    Arabian Sea · Yemen
  2. HYDROPAC 2361/262026-08-17 → 2026-08-19
    On 17 August, a vessel was attacked near 08-14.54N 050-11.70E in the eastern Indian Ocean off Somalia; vessels should keep clear and exercise caution.
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  3. HYDROPAC 125/262026-01-16 → 2026-04-17
    Vessel boarded by pirates in 01-15.38N 104-06.11E at 160539Z jan
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia

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